To achieve this mission, APME is dedicated to fulfillment of the following purposes:
• Improve the effectiveness, cohesiveness, and espirit de corps of the optometry practice management educators
• Enhance practice management education by providing a forum for discussion of ideas
• Contribute to the improvement of optometric economics and practice education in the schools through policy study and recommendation
• Promote and undertake research related to optometric practice to create new information
• Advance the consideration of ethical issues in all aspects of the optometric profession
• Develop and maintain a uniform textbook to be used by practice management educators at all schools and colleges of optometry
• Represent practice management educators to the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry and other national professional organizations